21.10.2011

A team of researchers has proved that it is possible to determine the IP address of a user and tie it with his Internet use, and even correlate this information to his file-sharing activity with high accuracy, by taking advantage of a privacy hole in Skype.

10.10.2011

The Chaos Computer Club claims that a government-made "lawful interception" Trojan has abilities that exceed those allowed by the nation's legislature and that those features can be easily misused by third parties through a series of design and implementation flaws.

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